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Chemistry World
April 2009 |
The biofuel future The chemistry to convert waste into fuels is now being tested at pilot plants around the world. We may have the science, but are governments and industry ready, asks Emma Davies   |
Chemistry World
October 2011 |
Waste not, want not Will filling your car with biofuel ever be sustainable? Matthew Aylott says that new technology is set to make this dream a reality |
Chemistry World
September 2006
Neil Hyatt |
Comment: Out of Sight, Out of Mind? The recent recommendations from the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management should prompt a renewed research effort to tackle the problems of nuclear waste storage in the UK. |
Chemistry World
May 17, 2011
Meera Senthilingam |
UK report calls for new approach to strategic metals The UK will need to secure supplies of strategic metals or future economic growth will be put at risk, a Science and Technology Committee report warns. |
Chemistry World
December 9, 2008
Rebecca Trager |
EPA tweaks hazardous waste rules for academic labs US chemistry laboratories have been freed from regulations on handling hazardous waste that lumped them under the same rules as industrial facilities. |
Chemistry World
July 31, 2006
Katharine Sanderson |
Bury Radioactive Waste, UK Government Told Radioactive waste should be stored deep underground at sites where local communities have had the opportunity to participate in, and even withdraw from, the planning process. |
The Motley Fool
June 28, 2011
Alyce Lomax |
Rising Star Buy: Waste Management This seemingly dirty business hides amazing, innovative green potential. |
Chemistry World
April 16, 2013
Amy Middleton-Gear |
Sieving silica sieves from biomass ash A team, led by Duncan Maquarrie at the University of York, developed an efficient route for extracting the silicates by forming alkali silicate solutions. 'We have to become more sustainable and re-evaluate what we currently call waste,' says Maquarrie. |
Chemistry World
February 6, 2007
Richard Van Noorden |
Nuclear Storage: Ready, Willing, Able, and Undecided A report into the UK's long term nuclear waste storage plans has concluded there are no insurmountable technical barriers to storing nuclear waste deep underground. Between a third and two-thirds of the UK is geologically suitable for storing waste. |
Chemistry World
November 28, 2013 |
Lack of planning has hamstrung the UK's science base The current system of funding and management are not making the most of the UK's science facilities and if the the country is to remain internationally competitive changes are urgently needed. |
HBS Working Knowledge
October 3, 2011
Michael Blanding |
Transforming Manufacturing Waste into Profit Every manufacturing process leaves waste, but Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Deishin Lee believes much of this left-behind material can be put to productive and profitable use. |
Chemistry World
February 12, 2015
Patrick Walter |
Plastic waste entering world's oceans set to double in 10 years Plastic waste entering world's oceans amounts to five bags for every foot of coastline. |
Chemistry World
October 13, 2014
Rebecca Trager |
Pyrolysis touted as billion dollar US industry Rapid development of pyrolysis technology, more commonly known as plastics-to-oil, could contribute $9 billion to the US economy and spawn more than 40,000 domestic jobs. |
Chemistry World
February 11, 2014
Emma Stoye |
UK science to get long-term investment plan Following recent criticism for failing to make long-term plans for science, the UK government is now formulating a roadmap for its investment in research infrastructure. |
The Motley Fool
April 13, 2011
Michael Johnston |
Investing in Garbage: Global X Launches Waste Management ETF This trash is no garbage for investors. |
The Motley Fool
August 12, 2008
David Lee Smith |
Will Waste Management Haul Off Republic? The round-robin dealing among big waste haulers intensifies. |
Food Processing
November 2008 |
MRO Q&A: How to Properly Dispose of Oil Best way to dispose of used oil and other lubricants... Creating a plan to recycle oil waste... The benefits of recycling used oil... |
Reactive Reports
Issue 63
David Bradley |
Waste Not, Want Not A fungus that can convert waste paper into an antibacterial and super-absorbent material has been discovered by researchers. The discovery could provide a commercially and environmentally viable material for disposable diapers and sanitary wear. |
Chemistry World
May 25, 2011
Sarah Houlton |
Bacteria could turn coffee waste into drugs Scientists at the University of Iowa, US, have discovered a new bacterium that feeds on caffeine. They claim it could synthesise various drug molecules and intermediates, and might even be used to decaffeinate coffee waste. |
IndustryWeek
January 19, 2011 |
Rooting Out Manufacturing Waste Hidden waste may not be visible, but ignoring it can be costly. |
The Motley Fool
December 20, 2011
Matt Koppenheffer |
Waste Management's Tough 2011 It was a tough year for Waste Management shareholders. |
Chemistry World
October 23, 2007
Rebecca Trager |
Smaller US Plants Triple Toxic Emissions Companies in the US and Canada have achieved a continued decline in chemical pollution - but only at the plants emitting the largest amounts of toxic waste. |
The Motley Fool
July 15, 2008
David Lee Smith |
Maybe It's Time to Trash Your Portfolio What looked like a terrific combination of the second- and third-largest waste haulers, Allied Waste and Republic Services, may just have been trashed. |
Chemistry World
August 8, 2008 |
Funding Carbon Capture As the UK inches towards a 2014 large-scale demonstration of carbon capture and storage, scientists and MPs are urging for more incentives to get the costly technology commercial by 2020. |
The Motley Fool
December 22, 2011
Matt Koppenheffer |
What's Ahead for Waste Management in 2012? Waste Management's stock didn't fare so well in 2011, but will the new year offer potential for a comeback? |
Chemistry World
November 9, 2015
Emma Stoye |
UK science's 'superpower' status at risk The UK government must commit to spend more on science R&D in the long-term if the UK is to remain a 'scientific superpower', according to a report published by the House of Commons |
Chemistry World
March 22, 2012
Andrew Turley |
GSK to build 350 million factory in UK GlaxoSmithKline has announced plans to build its first new UK production plant for almost 40 years in Ulverston, Cumbria. |
Chemistry World
September 10, 2015
Jennifer Newton |
Waste not, want not? Karen Wilson is striving to promote biofuels and get the message across that there's a lot of waste streams from agriculture and food processing that could be a viable feedstock for fuels and chemicals. |
Fast Company
July 2004
Jennifer Esty |
Never Say Never Did Ricoh, the giant office-equipment maker, truly generate zero waste? |
Geotimes
July 2006
Linda Rowan |
Expanding Nuclear Options The Bush administration recently proposed significant changes to U.S. nuclear policy to resolve some of our current waste disposal problems and to accelerate the development of new nuclear power capacity. |
The Motley Fool
June 7, 2010
Julie Clarenbach |
Competitor Comparison: Which Waste Management Companies Are a Buy? The Motley Fool community of investors likes Waste Management, a company with a huge moat, nice dividend, and virtually no potential for competitors. |
Chemistry World
February 5, 2014
Andy Extance |
Plants bear palladium catalyst fruit UK researchers have redefined the term 'chemical plant' by showing thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana) seedlings can reduce palladium salts and help produce catalytic nanoparticles. |
IndustryWeek
April 18, 2012 |
Want Zero-to-Landfill Facilities? Make Your Intentions Public The Hershey Company's three landfill-free plants fulfill its long-standing quest of responsible environmental stewardship. |
IDB America
September 2005
Daniel Drosdoff |
Landfill with a Conscience New investments in sanitation preserve the Bahamas' natural beauty and environmental health. |
Chemistry World
May 30, 2013
Phillip Broadwith |
Waste CO 2-derived plastic hits tonne scale Waste carbon dioxide has been incorporated into a polymer at bulk scale. The resin can be used as a feedstock in existing polyurethane products, providing a sustainable way to divert carbon emissions away from the atmosphere. |
The Motley Fool
October 31, 2008
David Lee Smith |
Waste Management Cleans Up Waste Management outdid the economy to pick up a strong quarter. |
The Motley Fool
July 31, 2008
Christopher Barker |
Think Green to Make Green Waste Management sits atop the heap of trash-hauling services. |
Chemistry World
November 3, 2006
Victoria Gill |
Crack-Down on Bogus Bonfires The UK Environment Agency has issued a warning this week to unscrupulous companies and individuals planning to use bonfire night as a cover to burn waste materials. |
IndustryWeek
December 1, 2007
John Teresko |
Creating The Ultimate Lean Office "A Zero-Waste Environment With Process Automation" illustrates that leaning out office environments starts by adapting the definition of waste to the realities of that environment. |
The Motley Fool
October 29, 2004
Nathan Slaughter |
Consider Some Trash for Your Portfolio Trash collector Waste Management shines, posting a 44% rise in Q3 earnings. |
Chemistry World
September 4, 2014
Debbie Houghton |
Waste office paper comes to a sticky end A process for generating aluminium -- aluminium bonding adhesives from waste office paper could give a purpose to paper than can no longer be recycled into more paper. |
Chemistry World
October 8, 2015
Philippa Matthews |
EPA fines Mosaic Fertilizer over hazardous waste handling The EPA claims that Mosaic failed to appropriately store and dispose of waste from phosphoric and sulfuric acid production as part of fertilizer manufacture on several sites in Florida and Louisiana. |
National Defense
June 2010
Grace V. Jean |
Converting Eco-Unfriendly Plastic Into Fuel Natural State Research Inc., based in Stamford, Conn., has developed a technology that converts waste plastics into hydrocarbon liquid fuel through a thermal degradation process. |
The Motley Fool
February 16, 2010
Christopher Barker |
Waste Management Shares the Green This waste hauler is no garbage heap. |
Chemistry World
June 15, 2015
Matthew Gunther |
Bonding behavior unlocked for uranium -- arsenic complex The discovery may help to improve the performance of chemical treatments used to recycle nuclear waste. |
The Motley Fool
November 13, 2007
Rich Smith |
Waste Management's No Litterbug Waste Management allocates another $300 million to its stock buyback program for the year. |
Investment Advisor
October 2008
Robert F. Keane |
Going Green With Garbage When many advisors and their clients get together these days, topic number one is energy. How it will affect the portfolio, and the planet. |
Chemistry World
March 16, 2011
James Urquhart |
Monitoring oil sand toxicity Researchers in the UK and Canada have identified for the first time some of the individual components of toxic naphthenic acid mixtures present in waste water from oil sands. |
Geotimes
February 2006 |
Turning Trash Into Energy Global investment is growing in a variety of projects that take trash and convert it into usable energy: Turkey to oil... Poop power... From bread basket to fuel pump... Flying high on plant waste... Trash to light up New York... |
IndustryWeek
October 1, 2008
Jill Jusko |
Putting Waste to Work Forget the landfill. Manufacturers are getting better at finding ways to reuse their waste. |
